Big Nose Kate

Wikipedia has a curious entry regarding Doc Holliday’s companion Big Nose Kate

During Kate’s first visit to Tombstone in July 1881, Cochise County Sheriff John Behan discovered that Doc and Kate had a drunken fight, and he offered Kate more alcohol in exchange for her testimony, implicating Doc. Holliday was arrested based on her testimony. But the next day, a sober Kate recanted her story, and Holliday was released from jail.

The source of this is missing. Nice anecdote, though.

Doc Holliday, despite his habits and scrapes as a lawman, managed to live somehow long enough to retire peacefully in Glenwood Springs, Colorado along Hanging Lake. His memorial indicates that his exact burial spot is unknown, but it specifies “He Died in Bed”. You’ll find it in the Linwood Cemetery.

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